Halle Berry says that diversity hasn’t changed much in Hollywood, since she took home her Oscar 15 years ago. Back in 2002, she became the first black woman to win the best-actress Oscar. During her acceptance speech, she dedicated the award to every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this […]
Amy Winehouse’s father’s stance on Amy — the documentary about the late singer’s life, has not changed despite the doc receiving an Oscar award Sunday night (February 28th). Mitch Winehouse took to Twitter early Monday morning (February 29th) and said, “Always proud of my baby. Amy will not get an Oscar though. Just Asif Kapadia. […]
In an interview with TMZ, Ice Cube responded to the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton being snubbed for an Oscar nod for Best Picture. Cube said he wasn’t surprised about the snub and added, “We ain’t worried about it.” Meanwhile, the two white screenwriters of the film were nominated for Oscars. As a result, Black […]
The Honorary Oscar is awarded for extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement and exceptional contribution to the state of motion picture arts and sciences. With that being said many have forgotten all that Spike Lee has accomplished and contributed to the art of film making. Click here for More.
This was funny. It is ever so clear that Common and our beloved auntie Oprah have a warm adoration and respect for one another. However, it appears that during all of the hooplah and hoorah at the recent Academy Awards, Common FORGOT to acknowledge Oprah while heading to accept his prestigious award for Best Original Song for […]
John Legend’s collaboration with Common on the song “Glory,” is up for best original song at the upcoming Academy Awards. He shared that he’s a little disappointed the film, Selma, was nominated in the best actor or director category. He told Billboard.com, “I was a little surprised and disappointed . . . It’s not that […]
A TMZ cameraman recently caught up with The Butler director Lee Daniels at LAX to find out how he felt about being snubbed by the Academy for an Oscar nomination. Daniels responded, “The media says that we are to get these awards. The artists never say it. We don’t do it for the awards. We do it for the art. We […]
Quvenzhané Wallis, the cutie who plays Hushpuppy in the film ‘Beast of the Southern Wild’, is the youngest Best Actress nominee ever! Read more about her here.
In a major surprise, a nine year old African-American girl from Houma Louisiana was nominated today for an Academy Award. Quvenzhane Wallis, age 9, was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. She is the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar. In the movie […]
